45.The Forest of Slaughter (Part I)

"Abyss, according to your plan, those barbarians are falling into our trap. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAre we going to attack and encircle them now? ”

"No, wait a little longer, wait until the entire tribe is in the siege and then let the legion besiege you."

On the small plateau above the Germanic Black Forest, where the dense forest obscured the movements of the elite Roman cavalry, Abys, Flamini, and Crassus the Younger stood at the end of the woods, overlooking the flat woods of mud. Here, there is now only a small squad of Roman legions and a small number of barbarian archers, but then there will be a large number of fierce and brutal Germanic people. Abyss knew that this was a crucial battle that would determine the outcome of the Germanic War. All layouts are going to get the final result today.

The Roman legions' small scorpion cannons were hidden in the dense bushes, while the Gallic hunters and Bari'ari slingers were all camouflaged with dead leaves and foliage, blending in with their surroundings. The Roman legionnaires covered their bodies in wolf skins, and with the exception of the occasional bird that preyed on the sky, there was almost a dead silence all around the woodland.

Immediately, a large number of barbarians continued to pour out of the forest, and began to rush against the phalanx defense line of the Roman legions, which seemed to be so weak, consisting of eight hundreds, and at this moment, they were almost immobile under the large number of barbarian warriors. Viewed from the high ground, it looks like a huge ant colony devouring a fierce beast that is fighting trapped beasts. The crowd below, and the Roman legionary artillerymen who were in ambush on the high ground were in a state of tension, waiting for the commander's order. Smash all the heads of these barbarians. Their population is so dense. Abyss stood on the high ground, and conservatively estimated that there were forty or fifty thousand Germans standing below, while the Roman legionary infantry surrounded by them and slashed was only six or seven hundred.

"Little Crassus, Rabinus, Levi, we are about to fight side by side again, this is the first time in many years that our brothers have appeared together on the same battlefield again, and I am proud to have you brothers in life and death."

As the battle was about to break out, Abyss stepped on the back of the soldier and climbed onto the war horse, and spoke affectionately to the Roman veterans who had experienced a hundred battles in front of him. Behind him was the unique gray sky of the Germanic forest, and the atmosphere at this moment suddenly seemed so majestic and even a little sad, but it made people's blood boil again.

"Abyss, hold on to your horse, and don't fall off your horse when you charge. It's been a long time since you've been on the battlefield. ”

Crassus Jr. is a joker, but that doesn't stop the pre-war excitement.

"I'm going to fall off the war horse, and I'll pull you up."

Abyss replied mischievously, and the scene burst into laughter.

"Brothers, today, what we did will forever be recorded in the annals of history."

Then, Abyss said with a solemn expression. A crow flew over the woodland with a crow, and below it, thousands of Roman legionnaires were scattered at the moment.

"Brothers, now, follow me, forward, stay in formation!"

Then, with the sound of an earth-shattering horn, the three thousand legionary cavalry stepped into neat horses' hooves...... On the other side of the forest, almost at the same time, the commander Abyss ordered all eight hundred ballistae to pull the pimps and pour all the shells into the Germanic crowd in a short time.

At the same time, a large number of regimental infantry came from three sides.

The Germanic Cadian were shocked by the sudden scene and panicked, but it was too late. Waves of stone projectiles fired by the legionnaires blocked their only way to escape, while in front and on both flanks were heavily armed groups of Roman hoplites. Even more terrifying was the fact that the Germanic Cadian did not yet know from which direction the Roman legionary cavalry would charge.

"Soldiers, stay in formation, attack!"

Crane stood in the first echelon, directing the entire army of veterans to advance. The heavy infantry of the Roman legions, all armed with sharp throwing spears and large square shields that can cover half of the body, are pressing with neat footwork, step by step.

Ahead, the barbarian infantry rushed forward and let out a roar. However, the legionnaires could see that the stone projectiles that fell from the sky continued to cut off their heads and smash their bodies, and the Germanic tribes who had just besieged the Roman squad were now completely on the side of the beast fight.

"Now, raise your spears!"

Crane ordered everyone to stop and prepare to throw their spears when the Legion line was still about fifty meters away from the enemy. Considering that the barbarians might rush out when they saw the Roman soldiers throwing their spears, Crane deliberately measured a distance, and at this time, the panicked barbarian warriors did not wait for the chief's order before they all attacked.

"A barbarian is a barbarian......"

Crane let out a low roar, and then, behind them, thousands of Legion heavy javelins rained down like a torrential rain. Strangling the barbarian soldiers who were still charging in their path, only a few seconds later, between the Legion and the Barbarian lines, hundreds of flesh and blood corpses appeared. Blood flowed on this black land that had not yet been short-handed.

Subsequently, a large number of barbarians rushed to the strong defense line formed by the Romans with no way to escape and certain death.

"Soldier, attack in the direction of the barbarians! Now, get down on one knee and raise your shields! ”

Crane let out a last roar, and then, thousands of legionnaires raised their shields in a half-crouch, and their comrades behind them clung to their backs to meet the first wave of the barbarian's wild charge.

The next moment, a large number of barbarians pounced on the Roman legionary heavy infantry line. The sound of flesh and blood hitting the iron armor and wooden shield suddenly sounded on the battle line. With blood splattered and screams erupted, the most tragic decisive battle since Abys's expedition to Germany broke out.

The barbarians pounced on the shield wall of the Romans, constantly slashing, while the Roman legion heavy infantry hid behind the shield, seized the gap of the enemy's attack, and quickly stabbed out the short sword, on the battle line, countless barbarian infantry rushed and squeezed the Roman legion's defensive line, and countless Roman short swords also continued to stab out from behind the shield wall, back and forth, countless blood flowed out of the barbarian's body.

In this small woodland, the sound of the battle between the Romans and the barbarians resounded in the sky, as if it was a feast of killing.

The heir of the Cadi clan, the son of the previous patriarch, swung his father's hammer and shattered the round helmet of a Roman soldier in front of him, shattering the face of the Roman infantry in front of him, and then slammed the fallen and dead Roman legionnaire with the sharp handle of the hammer, as if the release of blood could make him feel primordial satisfaction.

Where the fighting was fierce, the barbarian warriors no longer obeyed the orders of their patriarchs and elders, and with primitive and savage power, they continued to kill until their bodies were pierced by several Roman infantrymen.